The latest release from RoadkillToys comes Smudge, the cute yet very macabre plush Squirrel. Stuffed with a mixture of beads, blood and guts and gore are made using the latest, cutting edge stuffing of a special new micro-bead that gives the guts and organs a more malleable, tactile effect.

"Our Squash-plushrange looks like roadkill. Feels like roadkill. And tastes like roadkill. But they’re not. They’re plush toys. Very macabre plush toys. It’s the way we design them that makes them seem so real." - RoadkillToys

You can also disembowelSmudge by pulling the blood and innards through the zip that lines the back of the teddies carcass.

As an added bonus all the Squash-plush series come with death certificate and bumper sticker. To hug your very own roadkill Smudge check out the RoadkillToys store here.

From an early age Ryan has had a love for creating especial with paper but it wasn't until university that he found his true calling as a Paper Toy Maker. Influenced by his childhood pop-culture love such as Masters of the Universe, Doctor Who and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles has seen his work on exhibition and seen in print and online media over the last 4 years:

2010Glwndwr end of year degree Art show, North Wales School of Art and Design, Wrexham Publications/PressStar Wars Insider magazine October 2012North Wales Journal January 2012Attitude Magazine June 2011

Paper Craft isn't just gluing pieces of colored paper together but an art form in it's own right. Ryan's work invokes happy childhood memories of Saturday Morning Cartoons and Toy Play. The characters themselves that he creates breath personality and a style like no else. This is why we thought Ryan would be great to answer the Tic Top 5 for today:

How did you start in the industry of creating & customizing?When I was a kid hahaha, I just didn’t see a cardboard box, I saw Castle Greyskull or the Planet Hoth and would just construct my own playsets for my toys. But it was my time doing my illustration degree at university that really started me off doing my paper sculpt work, for some of the briefs we had to take a more 3D route with creating the characters that you could actually see and touch, and from there I just enjoyed taking this flat piece of card and transforming it into a toy. With such a simple medium you get some amazing pieces of toy art, from there it all developed in to something I really wanted to carry on doing, so then I just worked hard in getting my work out there to build up a following.

What was the first toy or item you customized or created?I remember as a kid just making my own life size K-9 from Doctor Who, which was just lots of boxes and tin foil. To anybody else that’s basicly what it looked like but to me it was the tin dog.

What influences you?Creative people! To be around other creatives and seeing what they do and there opinons is something I couldn’t do without. Kids! I do workshops with children and to just see there imaginations come to life and enjoy making something is just amazing to see.

What are your weapons of choice?As a paper toy maker, my scalpel and blades. Even just my scissors to be honest, without those im pretty much lost. My sketch book also for just ideas or rough sketching.

If you could collaborate with anyone (living or dead) who would it be?The illustrator Amanda Visell, her work is just amazing and the way her illustrations just work from 2D to 3D models is just awe inspiringly brillant. I would very much give my right arm to collaborate with her to see how my paper sculpts and her illustrations would look together.

If you'd like to get in touch or know more about the awesome Ryan Hall here's his links: